5 Surprising Signs of an Unhealthy Heart

By Melanie Haiken, Caring.com senior editorWeve all read the signs of a heart attack listed on posters in the hospital waiting room. But what if there were other, earlier signs that could alert you ahead of time that your heart was in trouble?It turns out there are. Researchers have done a lot of work in recent years looking at the signs and symptoms patients experienced in the months or even years leading up to a heart attack. The heart, together with the arteries that feed it, is one big muscle, and when it starts to fail the symptoms can show up in many parts of the body, says cardiologist Jonathan Goldstein of St. Michaels Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey. Here are five surprising clues that your heart needs checking out. Any of these signs and particularly two or more together is reason to call your doctor for a workup, says Goldstein.1. Neck painFeel like you pulled a muscle in the side of your neck? Think again, especially if it doesnt go away. Post-heart attack, some patients remember noticing that their neck hurt and felt tight, a symptom they attributed at the time to muscle strain. People commonly miss this symptom because they expect the more dramatic acute pain and numbness in the chest, shoulder, and arm. Women in particular are less likely to experience heart pain that way, and more likely to feel twinges of pain and a sensation of tightness running along the shoulder and down the neck, says Margie Latrella, an advanced practice nurse in the Womens Cardiology Center in New Jersey and coauthor of Take Charge: A Womans Guide to a Healthier Heart (Dog Ear, 2009). The pain might also extend down the left side of the body, into the left shoulder and arm.Why it happens: Nerves from damaged heart tissue send pain signals up and down the spinal cord to junctures with nerves that extend out into the neck and shoulder.What dis! tinguish es it: The pain feels like its radiating out in a line, rather than located in one very specific spot. And it doesnt go away with ice, heat, or muscle massage.5 Foods Every Woman Should Eat More Of

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